Dancing bears, taken off one of Bryan Stricker's bear baits in July 2014. An entry in the Dec. 2014/Jan. 2015 trail camera photo contest sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Bryan Stricker)

This was taken in Lincoln County. Notice the chair used for bow hunting behind the bear. An entry in the Dec. 2014/Jan. 2015 trail camera photo contest sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Stephen Witter)

A sow black bear with three cubs. Two cubs on the left and one behind the stump. An entry in the Nov./Dec. 2014 trail camera photo contest sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Eric Eichman)

Taken in the summer of 2014 near a deer hunting shack in Ashland County in the Town of Shanagolden. An entry in the Oct./Nov. 2014 trail camera photo contest sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Stephen Hintze)

Mama bear and three cubs, about half grown, came to feed out of a bird feeder at Carole Hess's Wausau home in June 2014. They were chased up the tree by three small dogs. They were out in the daytime and only about 20 feet from Hess's home. (Photo: Submitted by Carole Hess)

A mother bear and three cubs visited Cindy Rose's bird feeders in Merrill in May 2014. Rose believes these bears also visited last year, making them one year olds. The oriole feeder the bear is reaching for is 5 feet 6 inches off the ground. (Photo: Submitted by Cindy Rose)

A mother bear and three cubs visited Cindy Rose's bird feeders in Merrill in May 2014. They took the grape jelly, butter bark suet and the cranberry seed from the bell feeder. Rose was lucky enough to watch their antics and they left all the feeders in tack ... except the suet one, which they took with them. (Photo: Submitted by Cindy Rose)

Wayne Poepping was at his place in Amberg when this big boar and female came into the yard under their bird feeders. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Wayne Poepping)

Matt Mezydlo noticed that some of his bird feeders in Florence County were missing. This bear photographed on May 21, 2012 may be to blame. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Matt Mezydlo)

This photo of a bear was taken in August 2013 in the town of Riverview in Mountain. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Tom Dworak)

This photo of a bear and cub was taken in August 2013 in the town of Riverview in Mountain. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Tom Dworak)

This photo of a bear and cub was taken in August 2013 in the town of Riverview in Mountain. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Tom Dworak)

Lisa Pazour had a camera set up on the side of her house in Ojibwa. She was gone for a week and when she returned all of the bird feeders were down. She checked the camera and found this shot. The big bear is 'Booboo' and he was shot this fall and weighed in at 475 lbs. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Lisa Pazour)

Taken in the Town of Doty, this little cutie was hanging out at my deer stand, soaking up the sun. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Corrina Smet)

This picture was taken 8:12 a.m. from Michael Gruenke's trail camera at his bait pile. Gruenke believes it is the same bear he harvested later that same day at about 5:30 p.m. Enter your trail camera photos in our monthly contest, sponsored by Mills Fleet Farm. (Photo: Submitted by Michael Gruenke)

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My kids love to dump money into the 'claw' games found at the local pizza place.

Mostly, they come up empty.

Recently an industrious individual with access to the right tools (in this case, a real 'claw') and the ability to operate them helped out a bear in trouble in the Northwoods.

The next time we go out for pizza, I'm inviting this guy.

Brian Otten blogs about his experiences in the outdoors. Brian is the content manager of www.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com. If you have questions about the site, you can reach Brian at botten@wisconsinoutdoorfun.com or 715-845-0702.